diff --git a/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/MaxLineLength.kt b/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/MaxLineLength.kt
index e1c29b65386..fcc7ba67c1a 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/MaxLineLength.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/MaxLineLength.kt
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class MaxLineLength(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
 
     companion object {
         private const val DEFAULT_IDEA_LINE_LENGTH = 120
-        private val BLANK_OR_QUOTES = """[\s\"]*""".toRegex()
+        private val BLANK_OR_QUOTES = """[\s"]*""".toRegex()
 
         private fun findFirstMeaningfulKtElementInParents(file: KtFile, offset: Int, line: String): PsiElement? {
             return findKtElementInParents(file, offset, line)